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There are 340 students presently enrolled in our ESL program.
Our ESL student population comes mostly from Central & South America and the Caribbean.
Students are enrolled in ESL classes levels I-IV.
They also take their grade level Language Arts
class in which the teacher uses a variety of
ESL strategies to familiarize the students with all
the different genres of literature.
Bilingual Curriculum Content (BCC) classes are provided in Mathematics, Science and Social Studies for students enrolled in ESL levels I-II. The curriculum in these classes is taught in the students' native language. Emphasis is placed on teaching the content in the students' home language along with learning vocabulary and sentence structures in English. The students enrolled in ESL levels III-IV take Math, Science, and Social Studies courses within the regular curriculum.
Students are exposed to technology in our three ESL computer labs. Here students enjoy learning English through a specially designed program that enhances their knowledge of technology as well as their new language.
In-school and after-school tutoring is provided for all ESL levels in Math, Science, Social Studies and ESL.
Our foreign language program also includes French
and Spanish for Spanish Speakers. Presently, there
are 200 students enrolled in these language classes.

TOP ESL/ FL STUDENTS	ESL/FL OUTSTANDING STUDENTS
BCC SCIENCE CLASS	MS. BERNAL'S SCIENCE LAB
MS. GARCIA IN THE ESL LABORATORY	ESL STUDENTS EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY
ESL STUDENTS DISPLAY THEIR PROJECTS	MS. PALLAIS, PART TIME BCC SCIENCE TEACHER
CLOTHING PROJECTS FROM MS. GARCIA'S ESOL I CLASS	CLOTHING PROJECTS FROM MS. GARCIA'S ESOL I CLASS
MS. DELGADO WITH HER ESOL I CLASS	MS. GIL, TEACHER ASSISTANT, TUTORING STUDENTS IN CLASS
MS. HENDERSON WITH HER ESOL I CLASS	MS. WAGENSOMMER WITH HER LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS
MS. CARBONELL IN HER ESOL LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS	MS. FELICIANO AND HER SPANISH S CLASS
MS. ACEVEDO'S BCC SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS	MR. SAN MIGUEL AND HIS BCC MATH CLASS
MS. LOZANO, TEACHER ASSISTANT, IN THE FRENCH CLASSROOM	MR. FERNANDEZ, IN-SCHOOL TUTOR, WORKS WITH STUDENTS
MR. FERRER, ESOL TEAM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL	MS. RUZ, ESOL TEAM COUNSELOR

OUR ESL TEAM:

MRS. VIVIAN ACEVEDO - 6-8 BCC SOCIAL STUDIES.
MRS. IRMA BERNAL - 6-8 BCC SCIENCE.
MRS. M. DELGADO de PEREZ- BCC SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS 6, and ESL I.
MR. REYNALDO SAN MIGUEL - 6-8 BCC MATHEMATICS.
MS. PATRICIA NUNEZ- 7-8 BCC MATHEMATICS.
MS. NORMA GARCIA - ESL I and ESL DEPARTMENT CHAIR.
MS. SHERYL HENDERSON - ESL I and IV, AFTER-SCHOOL TUTOR.
MS. BERNA JIMENEZ - ESL II and FRENCH I.
MRS. KATHY CARBONELL - ESL III and ESL LANGUAGE ARTS 8.
MS. MARITZA WAGENSOMMER - ESL LANGUAGE ARTS 6 and 7.
Mr. JOSE FERNANDEZ - TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR ESL and IN-SCHOOL TUTOR.
MS. ISABEL FELICIAN0 - SPANISH for SPANISH SPEAKERS.
MRS. LETICIA RUZ - TEAM COUNSELOR.
MR. MANUEL FERRER - DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

THE ESL PROGRAM AT PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN THE REGION DUE TO THE COOPERATION, SUPPORT, AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE TEAM MEMBERS, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE PARENTS.

INTERESTING LINKS:

The National Association for Bilingual Education Homepage

The Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents

Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language

Web Resources for ESOL Students

The On-line Resource for Students and Teachers of Spanish!